Up until they added the Eastern HD nets, it was pathetic, plain and simple.
I know, I have both and then some.

Shaw only got HD motivated after taking a royal $h1t kicking over lack of HD while they had their heads looking at punching Telus with their IP Telephony product.

I spent 8+ years at Shaw in Digital Cable, so I know darn well what goes on there.

There are just now getting on board and I expect a closer parity with *C.

*C will likely continue to lead the way over the 2 given they (through SBS/Cancom) are bringing the content for all the other cablocos out there and then Shaw has to find plant space and can do it in some locals and not others, while for *C, it's up for all right away.

To set the 4:3 "override":
- power off the DCT
- click "Menu" (within a second or so of powering off the DCT)

That should bring up a text screen with some options for changing the HD output (1080i, or 720p), as well as 4:3 override (stretch is one of the options). Navigate around the menu with the arrow keys (either on the remote or on the DCT itself).

It is what it is right now and right now, Shaw and SC are the same. In fact, right now, Shaw carries MORE HD channels.

... I just counted 21 HD's on a Shaw DCT6412 with a stock Calgary customer channel map.

On Starchoice, I just counted 25 HD's.
Take 1 away since no subs would get both MC and TMN and you still have 24 HD's.

It's been a while since I went to school, but I'm damn sure the new math hasn't changed the fact that 25 is GREATER than 21.

If your going to challenge me on something, you had better do your homework.
If I'm fundamentally wrong on something technical, I'll be the first to acknowledge it, it the mean time, I stand by my posting record for accuracy and predictions.

... I just counted 21 HD's on a Shaw DCT6412 with a stock Calgary customer channel map.

On Starchoice, I just counted 25 HD's.
Take 1 away since no subs would get both MC and TMN and you still have 24 HD's.

It's been a while since I went to school, but I'm damn sure the new math hasn't changed the fact that 25 is GREATER than 21.

If your going to challenge me on something, you had better do your homework.
If I'm fundamentally wrong on something technical, I'll be the first to acknowledge it, it the mean time, I stand by my posting record for accuracy and predictions.

If you don't like my opinions, tough!

Wow...aren't you grumpy. Listen, you say Shaw is sadly lacking and SC is so much better...someone challenges you on this and then you tell us if we don't like your opinion tough? Nice. How about we just talk like normal human beings?

ABC East High Definition
Canal Vie High Definition**
CBC High Definition
CBS East High Definition
CBS West High Definition
CTV East High Definition
FOX East High Definition
FOX West High Definition
Movie Central High Definition**
National Geographic High Definition
NBC East High Definition
NBC West High Definition
PBS East High Definition
Séries+ High Definition**
Showcase High Definition**
Sportsnet High Definition**
SRC High Definition
Super Écran High Definition**
TSN High Definition
WGN High Definition**
Ztélé High Definition**
HDNet
A&E HD
Discovery HD

Yep, I count 24 for SC and 21 for Shaw, with 5 'other language' channels on the SC side. Since we are speaking in English and in an English forum, I didn't take any other language channels into account any way. Besides, ABC West and MCHD2 are both missing from the SC lineup currently.

Now that seems a clear Victory for Star Choice, unless SC stands for Shaw Cable.....

Nimiq 1, if you had finished reading the sentence you were quoting, you might have figured out that TheIgster was about to subtract the 5 non-English stations from the 24 station SC grand total. In case you can't do the math, that gives 19 English-language stations for StarChoice, according to TheIgster's list.

Because unless you are billingual, the French channels really are of no use to an English speaking individual. I'm not billingual, the French or other language channels mean nothing to me.

So, if you like, in COMPARISON OF ENGLISH SPEAKING HD CHANNELS, Shaw wins currently. In September when SC adds ABC West HD and MC2HD, then Shaw and SC will have exactly the same lineup. Currently, Shaw wins and in September, they will be equal. I fail to see how this puts SC WAY ahead of Shaw or Shaw's HD offerings to be below SC to the general English speaking population (of which I and ARR are members).

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